The 6th contingent of Sri Lanka Army medical Corps bound for United Nations (UN) peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan's second level hospital left the island today to assume duties. The UN estimates that about four million South Sudanese have been dis...

Soylu said the explosion was caused by a hand-made bomb which went off while the auto was in transit. "Our colleagues are looking into who was behind this", he said in televised comments, adding the government would provide more information in a fe...

But it was his decision to speak out on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian activities during the 2016 presidential election that drew the president's fury - and a prompt Republican primary challenge. Amash, a representative from M...

Following detection of the bodies, the ITBP managed to reach them on foot after an "arduous" trek as IAF helicopters failed to operate due to hard conditions. A search mission for the eighth body had to be stopped on June 27 as the weather became i...

Police Col. Rizalito Gapas, chief of Pasig City Police, said the victims were taken to hospitals suffered abdominal cramps, nausea and vomiting. Richard Gordon, the chairman of the Philippine National Red Cross which assisted in the medical transfe...

Following the United States withdrawal, Iran and the remaining parties launched talks to save the accord. The deal allows Iran to enrich uranium for 15 years up to just 3.67 percent, which is enough for nuclear power plants but far below the 90 p...

Mr. Kim also raised that all nations, particularly claimants, should act according to worldwide policies to maintain order in the disputed waters. The official said that the Chinese military launched a total of six missiles from the mainland on Sun...

The Chinese premier hoped that Bangladesh would keep up its development spree and China would continue to support Bangladesh in this regard. China will provide 2,500 metric tons of rice to Bangladesh for the forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Mya...

Terrorist Fadi Abu Sabah (35) who was arrested, was recruited in July 2018 to the military wing of Hamas for the objective of setting up a laboratory and manufacturing explosives to be used to carry out mass terror attacks aimed at killing Israelis.

Following news of her passing, tributes came pouring in for Kor. She had been suffering from upper respiratory issues. Kor was sent to Auschwitz, in German-occupied Poland, in 1944 with her twin sister. I mean, I don't know where she learned this. ...

Abdul Mahdi ordered "the closure of all the headquarters that hold the names of the Hashd Shaabi groups both in the cities and outside", the decree said. Local officials blamed the militias for one of the incidents, but Iran has not commented. Some...

In February Justice Moore ruled the man's interim suppression would continue with his reasons and the judgment also suppressed. Google agreed Friday to change how it publishes New Zealand news after it was reproached by Wellington for breaching...

Close to 140,000 Ethiopian Jews live in Israel , most having flown to Israel in three covert military operations called Moses, Joshua, and Solomon, from 1984-1991. He added that he understands "the great sorrow and suffering that tens of thousands o...

Earlier on Wednesday , the father of Solomon Tekah, a young Ethiopian-Israeli man who was fatally shot by a police officer in Kiryat Haim on Sunday, sparking the current protests, called on activists to avoid violence. He also touted reforms in rece...

According to police, a girl was walking on a trail in the area when she was approached by an unknown man, who was armed with a handgun. Investigators say she was walking alone when the man tried to engage her in conversation. Cops are still searchi...

The law is primarily aimed at protecting the rights of black Americans. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who signed the bill, spoke of a high school student who was forced last December to cut off his dreadlocks before a wrestling match or forfeit the...

Trump weighed in again on Thursday, declaring his DOJ and Commerce Department would be working through the holiday to figure out a way to get the question on the census. media report . Interested in Trump Administration? "So important for our ...

While there are no suggestions that Cuba intends to follow suit in launching its own cryptocurrency , the plans nevertheless represent the latest move from a sanctions-hit state to turn to cryptocurrency for the answers. The new sanctions not only ...

Eliminating a hard border between Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, and Ireland and providing frictionless trade was a crucial part of a 1998 peace deal that ended three decades of sectarian violence. May's successor will take up...

However, the move has failed to impress India . If charges against Hafiz Saeed are proven under section 11 of the Anti-terrorism act, he can face up to life imprisonment. The MEA further stated that Pakistan's sincerity to take action against terror...

Mike Pence has arrived at the Lincoln memorial where supporters of the president have gathered, many wearing raincoats, to hear him speak. Military flyovers also are on the schedule. He says it'll be the "show of a lifetime". President Donald Trum...

Analyzing for the first time genome-wide data retrieved from people who lived in Ashkelon during the Bronze and Iron ages (around 3,600 to 2,800 years ago), the team found that a substantial proportion of their ancestry was derived from a European po...

News has broken this fine afternoon that Riza Aziz, former prime minister Najib Razak's stepson and a Hollywood producer (still?), has been arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) this afternoon after being called to their P...

An undated handout picture released by the auction house Christie's in London on June 26, 2019, shows a 3,000-year-old stone bust of Tutankhamun, set to be auctioned on July 4. It was expected to sell for more than £4m ($5m), plus commission, with a ...